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  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUMT 
  

  

  eontinuation 
  of 
  the 
  Xew 
  Jersey 
  beds, 
  tliey 
  must 
  be 
  Explained 
  as 
  

   follows: 
  either 
  the 
  original 
  beds 
  have 
  been 
  torn 
  apart 
  by 
  the 
  ice 
  

   which 
  bore 
  down 
  on 
  them, 
  or 
  else 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  deeply 
  eroded 
  

   by 
  the 
  currents 
  which 
  deposited 
  the 
  overlying 
  sands 
  and 
  gravels. 
  

   The 
  writer 
  favors 
  the 
  latter 
  view. 
  

  

  A 
  boring 
  made 
  on 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  Kreischer's 
  fire 
  brick 
  factory 
  

   showed: 
  

  

  Sand 
  and 
  soil 
  30 
  feet 
  

  

  Blue 
  clay 
  90 
  '' 
  

  

  White 
  sand 
  2 
  '' 
  

  

  Sand 
  and 
  clay 
  alternating 
  78 
  

  

  a 
  

  

  Total 
  thickness 
  200 
  " 
  

  

  Next 
  to 
  the 
  church 
  at 
  Kreischerville 
  is 
  a 
  bank 
  of 
  stratified 
  sand 
  

   standing 
  some 
  40 
  feet 
  back 
  from 
  the 
  road. 
  It 
  appears 
  to 
  have 
  

   been 
  dug 
  away 
  considerably, 
  but 
  Mr 
  Kreischer 
  informed 
  me 
  that 
  

   there 
  was 
  once 
  a 
  large 
  mass 
  of 
  clay 
  at 
  this 
  spot 
  which 
  was 
  sur- 
  

   rounded 
  by 
  the 
  sand. 
  To 
  the 
  north, 
  of 
  this 
  near 
  the 
  shore 
  is 
  a 
  

   bank 
  of 
  blue 
  stoneware 
  clay 
  overlain 
  by 
  yellow 
  laminated 
  sand, 
  

   and 
  southeast 
  of 
  the 
  church 
  is 
  a 
  similar 
  bank, 
  but 
  the 
  clay 
  is 
  of 
  

   a 
  more 
  sandy 
  nature. 
  A 
  third 
  opening 
  is 
  opposite 
  Kilmeyer's 
  

   hotel 
  at 
  Kreischerville, 
  and 
  from 
  this 
  a 
  yellow 
  mottled 
  fire 
  clay 
  is 
  

   obtained. 
  This 
  latter 
  bed 
  is 
  overlain 
  by 
  about 
  20 
  feet 
  of 
  sand 
  and 
  

   yellow 
  gravel 
  and 
  underlain 
  by 
  a 
  white 
  sand. 
  

  

  A 
  fourth 
  opening 
  on 
  the 
  shore 
  is 
  in 
  a 
  blue 
  clay. 
  It 
  has 
  always 
  

   been 
  an 
  interesting 
  question 
  as 
  to 
  what 
  extent 
  Staten 
  Island 
  was 
  

   underlain 
  by 
  the 
  Cretaceous 
  formation; 
  the 
  following 
  record 
  of 
  a 
  

   well 
  bored 
  for 
  Bachman's 
  brewery 
  at 
  Annandale, 
  S. 
  L, 
  seems 
  to 
  

   throw 
  some 
  light 
  on 
  the 
  subject. 
  At 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  200 
  feet 
  a 
  bed 
  

   of 
  yellow 
  gravel 
  containing 
  shells 
  was 
  struck. 
  The 
  gravel 
  was 
  

   36 
  feet 
  in 
  thickness 
  and 
  beneath 
  it 
  was 
  a 
  bed 
  of 
  clay 
  10 
  feet 
  thick. 
  

   The 
  latter 
  was 
  of 
  a 
  white 
  and 
  blue 
  color 
  and 
  was 
  said 
  to 
  resemble 
  

   a 
  fine 
  pottery 
  clay. 
  

  

  